Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea VowelMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I ran into this while look for another collection of Indigenous futurism short stories (which I'm now reading- Love at the End) and, because Chelsea Vowel is the author, of course, I picked it up. I've enjoyed the author's essays in Indigenous Writes, using them sometimes when I'm teaching my Contemporary Indigenous Voices course at my high school. I knew about Vowel's interest in Indigenous futurism, already, so I was curious to see her writing in that genre.
The stories are a blend of science fiction and Metis story telling in a way that is difficult to describe. Each are really different from each other, but all see futures from a Metis lens which combines a clear-sighted view of how we are today, with a creative vision of the future, combined with Metis spirituality and, because it is Chelsea Vowel, a lot of humour. The narrative styles shift and change and really are fun to read. There's also commentary to explain to background and thinking behind each story.
This collection is well worth reading, especially for this take on Metis futurism.
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